The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

Conrad Bucholtz (11) plays the trumpet at Super Saturday on Sept. 10.

Make some noise, band students hope for the best in upcoming auditions

Nicole Neher, editor in chief November 4, 2016

High school band students from around the St. Louis area will be auditioning at Parkway North for the 2016 All Suburban Concert Band on Nov. 7. OHS has 12 students registered to audition, three of...

Band crams super practices

Band crams super practices

Katie Counts, reporter September 19, 2016

Over 100 marchers. Fives hours of practice. One Super Saturday. To prepare for three upcoming competitions, the OHS marching band rehearsed their show “Everything in it’s Right Place” on...

13 students receive top rating at state solo & ensemble festival

Jacob Kauffmann, webmaster May 10, 2016

Earlier this year, 35 band students from OHS qualified to attend all-state solo and ensemble. On Saturday, they went to Mizzou to compete. During the solo and small ensemble contest, a student or group...

Several saxophone players from OHS warm up before their performance at district solo & ensemble.

35 band students qualify for state solo & ensemble

Taylor Boles, reporter March 16, 2016

Thanks to their work in the district solo and ensemble contest, 35 band students are heading to state. OHS band students went to Parkway Central High School on March 5 to perform. The students were...

Band performs first concert of the season

Emily Dedic, centerspread editor February 17, 2016

On Monday, Feb. 8, the OHS band “wowed” the audience with their first concert of 2016. OHS band members played three pieces: “Chorale and Shaker Dance,” “Themes from Green Bushes,” and “Nobles...

Crafty coins

Dallas Carter, opinions editor December 9, 2015

The Commons, Cafeteria, Gyms, and Foyer fill with tables of homemade goods...the Band Craft Fair is here! From 9 am to 4 pm on Dec. 5 and from 10 am to 4 pm on Dec. 6, Oakville residents shopped from...

Marching band springs into competition season

Taylor Boles, reporter October 20, 2015

On Oct. 3, 2015, the OHS band traveled to Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs MO for a regional competition. Twenty-six bands from four states, including Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri, competed...

The OHS marching band performs their show at a recent football game.

Band starts the season in Tennessee

Jacob Kauffmann, webmaster September 25, 2015

For the first time in three years, the OHS marching band competed in the Bands of America competition. After traveling to Clarksville, Tennessee, last weekend, the band performed their 2015 show, “Band...

Concert Band Visits Friendship Village

Devin Jost, Reporter December 1, 2014

The Concert Band class at OHS gets to show off their talents in a performance at Friendship Village during ANP on Dec 3. Concert Band is one of three band classes registered at OHS. While experienced...

The “Fantastic Four” Musicians

Devin Jost, Reporter November 11, 2014

Twenty-six schools. Four-hundred students. Only one-hundred qualifiers. Four OHS band members qualified for a guaranteed spot in the St. Louis All-Suburban Honor Band at Holman Middle School on Monday,...

Ensemble Expansion

Ensemble Expansion

Maddie Foster, Online Editor-in-Chief and Profiles Editor October 29, 2013

The Oakville Band Program has seen many changes to it in the past few years. The Honor Band has separated into two smaller bands Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. These groups were created from the larger...

The longer the day the better for OHS band

Maddie Foster, Online Editor-in-Chief and Profiles Editor October 3, 2013

The OHS band has a long day ahead of them Saturday, Oct. 5. Their day is set to begin at 6:15 in the morning, their call time to be up at school. At 7:00 they will depart on their four hour bus ride. “Bus...

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